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The Central Connecticut volleyball team captured an exciting five set match with Grand Canyon University on Friday evening. The victory gave the Blue Devils a split of their day one matches at the Big Green Invitational hosted by Dartmouth. CCSU (3-5) dropped the first two sets before winning three straight to capture the match.

The Blue Devils dropped the opening set 25-17 and the second set 25-18.

Facing elimination in the third set, the Blue Devils trailed 24-23 before back-to-back kills by sophomore Heather Trueman and freshman Brooke Schwab gave CCSU a 25-24 advantage.

The teams traded points, with CCSU finally able to obtain a two-point advantage to win the set on a kill by freshman Cassidy Stankowski and a service ace by senior Amalia Ashley. Stankowski and Ashley scored CCSU's 28th and 29th points in the 29-27 victory.

In the fourth set, the Blue Devils pulled away on a run of five straight serves by Ashley that each resulted in a CCSU point. Central eventually won the set 25-21.

The fifth set was back and forth and featured scoring runs on both sides. CCSU opened the set on an 8-2 run, but GCU (2-5) used its own scoring streak to take an 11-9 advantage. The Blue Devils recaptured the lead on a pair of kills by senior Veronika Ban and held on to win the set 15-12.